Rotary Leadership Institute Schedule and Registration

From Bob Parkinson, District RLI Chair (301-751-2114) bobparkinson@hughes.net

We are less than one month away from the first of our five Rotary Leadership Institutes (RLI) for this coming Rotary year. We had a great restart on our District RLI seminar program with nearly 100 Rotarians completing Part I, increased our faculty by 8 and had our entire DG Team graduate.  We have 5 seminar Saturdays established in various locations of the District for you to choose from. If desired, you will be able to complete all three Parts in this single year.  Details and sign up can be found at www.rli33.org. Please type this URL into your search engine if you do not get directed to the home page of Zone 33 RLI on first attempt. I have attached more detail on the attachment for schedule and registration.

What is a RLI you ask?  The seminars referred to above are a series of seminars to familiarize new and long time Rotarians with all the workings of Rotary. The attached front page of the current brochure has a brief description of the seminars.  More detail can be found at the Zone 33 RLI website, www.rli33.org. The break out of the various modules that are covered in the seminar series are shown in the three spirals graphic on the attachment.  Basically, Part I is about the Rotarian, Part II covers Rotary at the Club Level and Part III covers Rotary at the Zone and International level.  Most new Rotarians see Rotary through the eyes of their sponsor and their club. RLI is a great way of providing exposure to the local and world views of Rotary as one attends the three Parts in series. One great attribute of the series is the interaction of Rotarians from other clubs to exchange ideas and bring the best of the best back to your home club. These three seminars provide an opportunity for your new members to learn from members of other clubs what they are getting from Rotary.

There are two mini-RLIs this year which focus on Part I only and are set up to get your additional support because there is a financial incentive to clubs if they participate. If a club has 4 members registered and they attend, then Zone 33 RLI will reimburse the club for one of those 4.  District 7620 has in its budget to fund one of the 4 as well - for a second attendee of the 4 to be reimbursed. Four for the price of two! We will be able to take up to 8 clubs in each of these mini-RLIs.  We also will take individuals since we have room for individuals to attend at each of these sessions. We also will take walk-ins but the fewer the better. Signup – the sooner the better!

The cost is $95 per attendee.  However, for the mini-RLIs, if 4 attend, then the cost to the club drops to $190 per club.  I really would appreciate it if you would consider attending.  If you have difficulty with the sign up please send a return email to me and I will help you with registration. Start time is 8:30 AM, end time is 4 PM, and we provide for breakfast, lunch and breaks throughout the day.

There is a lot of talent in the facilitators of these seminars and there is financial incentives for getting started in the mini-RLIs.  Please give these seminars strong consideration in your Rotary activities this coming year.

Yours in Rotary Service,

Bob Parkinson, District RLI Chair (301-751-2114) bobparkinson@hughes.net